Metallic tie and rail support



July 14, 1925. 1,546,162

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L NITED STATES STANLEY ALEXANDBOVZICZ, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL SUPPORT.

Application filed January 31, 1924. Serial No. 689,734.

.7 '0 all 10. mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY ALEXAN- DROWICZ, a citizen of Poland,residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Ties andRail Supports, of which the following is specification.

his invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in metallicties and rail supports and has for its primary objectto provide arailroad tie of sheet metal formed from a blank and bent into thegeneral formation of a tie with rail supporting means at each endthereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a metallic tie and railsupport of the type above set forth wherein the rail support is in theform of wooden blocks mounted in each end of the sheet metal tie andupon which the rail is directly seated, the anchoring bolts or spikesfor the rail securing the rail supporting blocks in position in the tie.

With. the above and other objects in view that will become apparent asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists ofthe novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a metallic tie and rail supportconstructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a side elevational view, partly broken away and shown insection,

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line TIL-Ill of Fig. 2, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary plan view of one end of the blank from whichthe sheet metal tie is formed.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, there isillustrated a metallic tie and railsupport, the tie being formed from ablank of sheet metal and embodying a central longitudinal base section 1carrying side extensions 2 that are adapted to be fold-ed upon thedotted lines as indicated by the numeral 3 to form the tie base and sidewalls as shown in Fig. 2. An end flange 4 is carried by each end of thecentral base section 1 and is foldablc upon the dotted line 5.

The side portions 2 are out upon the curved lines 6 reducing thediameter of the side portions intermediate the ends of the blank andproviding tie flaps 7 that are spaced by the cutaway portion 8 that ex:-tends from the outer edges of the flaps 7 into the adjacent side portion2. The flaps 7 are foldable upon the dotted lines'9 and the opposed sideedges 10 of said flaps are notched as at 11 for purposes presently toappear.

The blank shown in Fig. 4 is first folded upon the dotted lines 3 toposition the side portions 2 perpendicular to the base portion 1. Theside'flaps 7 are then folded upon the dotted lines 9 to lie parallelwith the base section '1 and the end flanges 4 are then perpendicularlybent upon the dotted lines 5. With the flaps 7 so bent, the edges of theopposed flaps are adjacently positioned as shown in Fig. 1 and av woodentie supporting block 12 is mounted upon the central portion of the base1 and is then moved outwardly to underlie the flaps 7 as shown in Fig.2, movement thereof being limited by the end flanges 4. The rail 13 isthen mounted upon the rail supporting block 12 between the side walls 10of the flaps 7 and rail anchoring spikes 14 are driven into the railsupporting block 12, the spikes 14 passing through the notches 11 andpermitting the adjacent edges 10 of the flaps to contact the oppositeside edges of the base flanges of the rail 13. The spikes 14 employedfor anchoring the rail to the supporting block 12 also prevent shiftingmovement of the block with respect to the tie resulting in a strong anddurable sheet metal railroad tie and rail supporting block.

From the above detail description of the invention, it is believed theconstruction and operation thereof will at once he apparent, and whilethere is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minorchanges may bev ing block mounted in each end of the tie with the flapsoverlying the same, a spike retained rail supported on the block betweenthe opposed flaps with the spikes entering the blocks to hold the samein position on the tie, said flaps 'being arranged in pairs at each sideof the block and having notches in their opposed edges to accon modatethe rail anchoring spikes, and

upturned end flanges carried by extendiiig the full width of theopposite ends of the central base portion engaged by the outer ends ofthe blocks and the end-edgee of the side walls to assist in holding theblocks positioned in the tie.

In testimony whereof I afiix rnyesignziture.

STANLEY ALEXAN DROWIQZ.

